US school teacher suspended for holding mock slave auction

The Boston-area elementary school superintendent apologized to parents, saying the incident was ‘unacceptable’

A Boston area elementary school teacher has been suspended for holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur and then punishing the student who reported it.

Gregory Martineau, superintendent of the Margaret A Neary school near Boston, apologized for the behavior of the teacher, saying that “holding a mock slave auction is unacceptable”.